And meteors, and murder hornets, and rip current, and sun flares, and cholesterol, and lightnings, tornados, straight-line wind, fast food, microwaves... and ... and ...
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives" - William Wallace
Puccinia and other crop diseases have historically led to a lot more human deaths than any of those other things put together.
...and gubmint. hell yeah, let's go rob a bank. you in?
One can do both. Even an uneducated poor grunt like me can simultaneously worry about novel diseases and the countless corrupt machinations at play the world over.